handily

With great ease

Handily means with ease or without difficulty: She handily won the election.

The word suggests comfortable margin or effortless success—not just winning, but winning decisively.

Less commonly, handily can mean in a convenient or accessible manner: The tools were handily arranged on the workbench.

easily

effortlessly

Without visible labor

decisively · convincingly · straightforwardly · manageably · simply · nonchalantly · casually · unhindered · feasibly · practicably

skillfully

deftly

With nimble precision

masterfully · competently · dexterously · capably · artfully · nimbly · precisely · adroitly · cleverly · ingeniously

conveniently

accessible

Able to be reached

close by · advantageously · usefully · beneficially · expediently · functionally · suitably · appropriately · opportunely · accommodatingly

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Opposites
ease of accomplishment

handilylaboriously

With strenuous effort

arduously · with difficulty · painstakingly · strenuously · with great effort

margin of victory/success

handilybarely

Only just, almost not

narrowly · by a hair · by a whisker · just barely · by the skin of one's teeth

skill/dexterity in execution

handilyclumsily

In an uncoordinated manner

awkwardly · ineptly · maladroitly · ham-handedly · gracelessly

Family

handiwork, handiness

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Abstract · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G